Abdominal neuroblastoma in a child with inferior vena cava anomaly.
- Author:
Chan Hon CHUI
1
Author Information
1. Surgery Centre for Children Pte Ltd, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Suite 10-08, 3 Mount Elizabeth, Singapore 228510. chchui@surgeryforchildren.com.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Abdominal Neoplasms;
complications;
diagnosis;
therapy;
Biopsy, Needle;
Child, Preschool;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Humans;
Image-Guided Biopsy;
Laparotomy;
Male;
Neuroblastoma;
complications;
diagnosis;
therapy;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Vascular Malformations;
complications;
diagnosis;
Vena Cava, Inferior;
abnormalities
- From:Singapore medical journal
2013;54(10):e201-3
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Congenital anomalies of the inferior vena cava are rare. Such anomalies pose great challenges to the surgeon in neuroblastoma surgery, especially when unrecognised preoperatively. We report the first case of an abdominal neuroblastoma detected in a child with a developmental anomaly of the left-sided inferior vena cava. The patient underwent surgical resection after good response to preoperative chemotherapy.
